ajbourg

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by ajbourg 3mo ago
This is pretty close to what Taalas is doing.
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by ajbourg 6mo ago
I have long wanted a static blog with a backend content manager that runs serverless. Love seeing this, but we will see if Cloudflare maintains it in the long run.
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by ajbourg 9mo ago
Not because people don't value their personal data but because they, rightfully, value those promises as worth approximately nothing.
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by ajbourg 2y ago
It's fine if you're starting from nothing. But we wouldn't be starting from nothing. There's a large group of people who would lose income and who will lobby against that.
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by ajbourg 2y ago
Seems like it's mostly AWS' answer to Cloudflare D2, but using Postgres as the frame of reference instead of sqlite. (I'm not really sure what to call Postgres in this situation since it's so limited it's clearly no
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by ajbourg 3y ago
Your blog is amazing, I would love to keep up by adding it to my feed reader but I'm not finding any RSS/Atom feeds.
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by ajbourg 4y ago
Oh my goodness, I had the exact same experience with Home Depot. But then they responded to the chargeback and said it was delivered and no going back and forth with American Express would get them to help. I closed my AmEx card and am deep
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by ajbourg 4y ago
What actions would you propose when Twitter has turned off their API access and basically ignored all requests by developers, users and the media for an explanation?
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by ajbourg 4y ago
I have a similar desire, I'm considering trying out AWS' RDS Aurora Serverless v2. (ugh, that's a mouthful) Full Postgres/MySQL but extremely quick scale up and down so as long as you have small use, it shouldn't co
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by ajbourg 5y ago
I was referring generally to the general desire for "the system" to preserve the privacy of kids in care. I think you have to look at it holistically and not just social media. We also signed agreements that we would be very caref
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by ajbourg 5y ago
Speaking as a foster parent: my agency like many have rules against posting foster kids to social media. Usually intended to help protect kid's privacy. I think the motivation comes from a handful of places, protecting kids from being
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by ajbourg 5y ago
Musana, it’s a small but really really effective organization providing education and health care to people in Uganda. What makes it great is that it is all about using donations from the US to provide infrastructure to build sustainable bu
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by ajbourg 5y ago
> Every person that generates their own electricity stops paying their fair share of maintaining the grid This isn't true, at least not in Colorado. I pay a number of fees for maintaining the grid and these aren't going away wh
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by ajbourg 8y ago
Yes, this is one of the best reasons to use network ACLs. (You can also achieve this with routes) I think the idea is that separate teams with different responsibilities can manage the two different layers. Your app team may manage the secu
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by ajbourg 9y ago
Transit providers are usually _much_ more competitive than last mile.
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by ajbourg 9y ago
In Fort Collins, 2b was a ballot measure. Most of the money went to advertising. I had a hard time finding direct examples online, but this article ( http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2017/11/01/fa